Achieving High Quality Care: Practical Experience from NICE

by Gillian Leng (Editor), Val Moore (Editor), Sasha Abraham (Editor)

Drawing upon the practical experience of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), "Achieving High Quality Care" is a practical guide on how to determine, assess and implement high quality evidence and guidance.This new title provides an overview of the evidence-base underpinning successful initiatives designed to change practice and improve the provision of health care. It provides an overall picture of change management, from understanding the barriers to change through to how these barriers can best be overcome. It also presents the latest evidence and describes examples of specific initiatives. Examples in practice, and key practical points are highlighted throughout the text, enabling readers to better implement and achieve improvements in patient care. Finally, it also shows how to measure change, assess quality standards and to manage the ongoing process of change towards improving health care."Achieving High Quality Care" is a helpful guide for busy health care practitioners wanting to improve services and patient care. It is also relevant for all health care professionals, both clinicians and health care managers, who are trying to lead change and improve care through implementing evidence-based guidance, and to everyone involved in the organization and provision of quality health care.

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014